Les Huckfield – 1968 Parliamentary Question on the Leamington Spa—Coventry And Nuneaton Rail Line
The parliamentary question asked by Les Huckfield, the then Labour MP for Nuneaton, in the House of Commons on 27 May 1968.
Mr. Leslie Huckfield asked the Minister of Transport what representations have been made by the Railways Board for a variation in the terms of the closure order made for the Leamington Spa—Coventry and Nuneaton railway line.
Mr. Marsh
None—apart from the application to delete some of the existing bus services referred to in the Answer given to my hon. Friend’s previous Question on 19th February, 1968.—[Vol. 759, c. 43–44.]
Mr. Leslie Hackfield asked the Minister of Transport whether he is satisfied that the proposal to single the railway track between Nuneaton, Coventry and Leamington Spa, is in accordance with the terms of the closure order made on this line; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Marsh
Yes. The official letter sent to the Board on 18th September, 1964 conveying the consent of the Minister to the withdrawal of rail passenger services from the Nuneaton-Coventry-Leamington line included a request that the Railways Board should notify the Minister if they decided to remove the track from any part of the line. I understand that the Board are now considering proposals for singling most of the track, and I have no doubt that they will inform me if they decide to do so. Freight services will in any case continue to operate over the whole length of the line.
